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THE WEST SIDE, -ISSt'Kll 11V Pclk County Publishing Company FRID.VV.IttCKMHKR 3. Ui. JO 7 UK rVliLW. jVut'iV ithcrrly giMHthntouthtflrrt liy 0 lowlier, im, J. R. N. , ittmtmrni tinrctoiserf hh HciiViM one haf Merest to A WkbtSidk jxijarrjiJtial H(I (foot! H-ttf, nnf that all Mittt tubteriytian art iHtynMe o f A nete firm 0 J'mHtiHti IMf, who riM rtrtiptfur th mm. All bill tine for advtrtuing up to Ihmlmr 1st art jmynbto to E. V. Vntttmrf, trfto leW jN'tf oM ctuias ijn(l the iHHr tt to that tUite. IndeimultnM, Doc. 4, ifcw. rno srsixvs CO.VrK.iiTK. It la well kuown throughout tho state that this paper Is a pcwbteut advocate of a radical revision of our present obnoxious taxation laws. We do not claim our opinions to be finalities, but hold them subject to revision in the . light of intelligent criticism and superior wisdom. The framers of tho present system of taxation were no doubt earnest and honor able men who thought they were legislating for the best interests of the commou weal, but the inexor able logic of subsequent events has proveu these laws to be the Si syphus stone that is exhausting tho vital energies of our fair young state. There is areasou for Ore gon's slow growth in population and want of commercial spirit ami business enterprise. The cause cannot be attributed to climate, because, that of Wash ington is identical, and her citizens aro,the embodiment of push and en terprisj; nor can it be attributed to lack of natural resources, fertility of soil, mineral wealth, timber, etc, for Oregon is abuudantly en dowed with these groat natural advantages. The cause, then, must be of artificial origin as there is nothing in the order of uature to account for it. The real cause, lu our opinion, is not hard to find. It is purely financial. This has been our position heretofore, and our convictions have been largely con firmed by the observations of one of Polk county's most wide awake and intelligent business men who has recently made a tour of the Puget Sound country. Capital in Oregon is heavily haudicapped by our morgtage tax, usury and assess meut laws. In Washington no such restrictions are placed upon capital. Here the channels of commerce are fetid pools of stagnant water, over there they arc limpid streams fresh from the heart of nature. To drop the metaphor and return to plain facts, the industrial avenues of this country are closed against enter prise because money is driven away and forced to seek profitable invest ment elsewhere. It is a law of commerce that capital always fol lows along lines of least resistance, This is simply a law of nature du plicated in the artificial affairs of men, and no ingeuious reasoning of the sophist can change the fact. The resources of this country re main undeveloped because capital can not afford to pay the heavy tax placed upon it by our assessment and mortgage tax laws. It is a matter of notorious repute that an enormous amount of Oregon capital is annually being invested in Washington, and the men who make these investments will tell you that they do this because the return on their money is quicker and the taxation lighter over there than it is here. Money is really cheaper in Washington than it is in Oregon, although they have no usury law to protect the borrower from the cupidity of the money shark, and no mortgage tax laws to hamper the investments of capital. To bo sure quite frequently money is loaned for short periods of time at apparently exhorbitant rates of interest, but it is usually in cases where the security is poor and the Xisk is great. The law makers of Washington are keen, wide-awake business men of broad and intelli gent views, and they legislate with an eye to the material interests of their young and vigorous com monwealth, and the unprecedentod .growth of that new state during the last decade is sufficient evi dence of their shrewd statecraft. It remains to bo seen whether or no the next legislature of Oregon will possess sufficient brains to re peal the odious laws which so ma terially cripple the prosperity of the country. LATER ON. Some of our enterprising citi zens have approached the pro prietors of this paper, and requested them to get out a holiday edition, They say that we now have plenty of material for a good illustrated number of the paper which the citizens would take pride in send ing abroad. Wo are preparing to do as they wish but not before next spring. We may be wrong but believe that our duty to tho com munity in which we live now calls us to obtain more convincing and mora practical proof of tho damage which our assessment and money law is doing our state. You cannot profitably cast pearls bofore swine, and until the spirit of enterprise, as us seen in our states, is soon in Ore gon, illustrated or any other kind of papers will foil to bring the de sired return. Place the people right tu Oregon, with money in their pockets, and half or more of them would settle in Boine other state near us. Washington expects to iuorMwa 100,000 in population next year, and Oregou might Just as well increase as much more. We believe that our duty to this people lies in better and more thorough investigation of the subject of assessment and taxation, and as a consiHiuence a representative of this paper will leave Oregon for Wash ington the latter" part of this month and visit the principal tax centers and by personal interviews learn whether the people of Wash ington attribute their prosperity to any other reasons than their favor able laws, and whether they are satisfied with their prwteut laws in which no deductions are made for indebtedness. Mortgages are treated as personal property, and there is no usury law. Our investi gations will prove one of the lead ing features of this paper and we hope may be productive of some lasting benefit. If Washington has prewired through favorable money laws, then Oregon should have the some kind of laws. When we get better laws then we can herald to the world the many advantages of Polk county and hope to be listen ed to with attentive ear. The people of Oregon themselves fool the blighting ellvot of our luws, and of course strangers cannot help but be influenced. Let us keep our captial at home and in vite more here for investment ' THE (MOST DANCE. The Ghost dunce is still going on among the ioux and Cheyenne In dians, ami reports are daily com ing over the wires of skirmishes between ranchmen ami the painted red fiend.-. We are told that this "Ghost dunce' had its origin among the Cheyennes some six or seven years ago, but it also has many characteristics of the old Sun dance of the Axtecs. Indeed, the Hun dance is world wide and hits existed among all savage people. Both men and women engage in the dance, they daub themselves with war paint, go into the old prophet's wigwam for his cabulis tic blessing and then rush frantic ally into the wriggling, leaping attd howling mass of crazed and fren zied beings. They continually face the sun (a feature of the old Sun dance),' and leap and dance until completely exhausted, and then fall prostrate upon the ground, These jioor deluded wretches have not commenced flagellating them selves as yet, but if the craze holds on a great while longer they will very likely revive that feature of the Sun dance of which the presenct craze is evidently a sur vival. At the uext meeting of tho city council, which is one week from uext Tuesday t he report of the re corder and treasurer for the past year are submitted. How impor tant the reports should bo pub lished so that the people who pay the taxes mighi know what becomes of tho money collected and ex. pended. The city ordinances of our city are in a very deplorable condition. Some aro lost, some have been repealed, etc., until it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to make head or tail of it. Tho present council has its hands full in straightening out the tangled mess. If the preseut council neg lects to do this the interests of In dependence will surely suffer. It cannot be dono for another two years after this. Citizens who take an interest in our city should ex amine into this matter and offer such suggestions as may prove of value for an oversight now might prove serious later on. There is one consolation to be gained through the agitation of an appropriation for an exhibit to the World's fair in 180.1, and that is, that in csise the Oregon legislature docs nothing, the different sections of Oregon which be too poor to have any representation, can only have themselves to blame for stand ing in their own light. Counties and towns that are too poor to supply funds will have to take a back scat, for individual appropri ations will be spent in advancing local interests, find very properly too. Portland and Salem and such cities will be the only places known in Oregon, excepting in a general way, for from those towns will come the funds. Oregon will make herself known far and wide as a "mossback" state. Oregon is bounded by Idaho and Washington, both of which invite the investment of capital, and have no mortgage, tax law, deductions for indebtedness, and practically no usury law. During the past ton years Washington has increased in population 365.3 per cent., Idaho 1!8.29 per cent., while Oregon has increased only 78.8 per cent! TWO WKNTKRN OOVBnNOHS, Hyrl(tl, IWXl, by tli Northwest New and I.Ut'iitry Kumiu.l Almost any Hattifthiy Afternoon, half an hour before the departure of th California ex pre, a tall thoughtful looking mnu tuny be awn walking down Stark atnwt .toward the ferry ItUUlitlK, nodding plealltly to t0lUlD Unoea snil grouping tlx burnt of friend U may meet. Hit u inclined to atoop otuewliat i ui) lu hie Irnmt ka orr a mull traveling aetcbel, wbil aortas kit arm it thrown s browu overcoat Ihat Iim evidently seen bolter day, lit I uot eli'tfiiiitly dressed. Ou the contrary, bis raiment it rather plain, while a black ntHiktM ot the ttylt of forty year ago, euoirolee a wbiU choker. "Wlm ii thus gentlemanr" ki by Under, Why, that's Peuuoyer, th governor of Oregon, mid tu nan turn and watelie tlx form of tb governor bo just goiug throiigtt tli gateway of the ferry, A eurlout sol ot eirettinelnuoe was th mum ot M)1vmtr Penuoyer, t democrat, being obtuse eluef executive tit a lUte that ortiuly republican by from 6000 to 10,000 majority. In June, 1HN5, the democrat utnnlnnted Peunoyer m a can didal fur nwyor again! John Gel, who died while in oftio. Mr, Pennoyer uede no eipeoml fight for the iiffloe and wait breton by about 150 tolee, tanning much belter then bie nioet Mnguiue friende expected. Ia the eerly eprlng of 1HSQ, jtiit after hard fluid Winter, through wtnou tunny laboring men had barely etruggled, oeme the aatl Chiueee agitmlon ot Miiltitoniiih eounty, Meverai blataut agitator ot the Nut Huknr and Cronin type, held meeting in differeut part ot what 1 known a "CohpIi," mtatly frequented by th bone ana mew, the raueele aud brawn ot the town, After many inoendiary tpeeche euaiuel the Chinee the workingmea were filially ineited to sola of violence, aud eeveral Cbiceee dwelling on the oulaklrU of Eut Portland and Alblna were blown np with giant powder, and enm of the fn offmdiug OeliMtlal wonnded. Then the bunneea men and merchant of Portland formed "Uw and order league. H A meeting wa called at the eounly euurt botue Weduetday, March 10, 1SS4 for the purpoM of devielug Rieau to allay and end the agitation. Thta meeting wa called by Major Gute and it wa the intention that be should preaida at it, but long before the meeting hour arrived the court room wa filled with the eon liitgent from "Oouoh." They bad rallied In force, and when th mover of the meetiiig arrived at the court botiMt they could only get to the front dor. Then then) wa a couaultation, aud Mayor GaIc wa adviimd to go up atair, call the meeting to order and appoint a com mittee ot wittily to take nietire. llul Mayor Gale aveiued reluutaut to at tempt the nndertakiug, aud while they ere vacillating and counselling, Colonel Hamilton and Kilitor Thayer of the Daily Aw, and veral other proinineiit anti-Chine agitator captured the up stair meelinv and made Mr, Pennoyer chairman. lie accepted aud delivered brief addreea to the now jubilant auitat or, Hi speech, while be was in favor of order, wa strongly aifaiusl the Chi- mee, and was received with uproarious ol)Hrs by the mob. A set of resolution were adopted which pluiuly showed the drift of the meeting. In the tueitntini the other crowd hud SMernbted in the county court room and with Mayor Oule preeidlng, had ap pointnd committee and paxw-d mre res olution. Thu euded a meetlnir that for t white threatened to bring two UodU-s ot excited meu together that might have ended with different results. From one meeting went forth a cry of "Pennoyer, the working mnu' friend,' that wit taken np and carried over the state, aud from the other went furtb I quiet determ ined body ot men, who unwediutely pro seeded to work, aud by organisation aud Urilliiiff, evolved, iu h tew ditys, aeverul parties ot young man that wore the nuc leus of what ut now the Oregon National Ounrd, Many yomitf men who bud uot the alight! idea of joiilug a military Oompnnv, pliic-fd themnelve tiuder Hheriff Jordan1 orders and every night for several weeks gunrded the livi-a aud property of a lot ot luathens for whom peraimnlly they did not care a mp. The arrrt of Nut ilnkur, Al. White and others, by the United States authorities, broke up the "Ohlnrae must go party" aud the mnlter gradually died out nnd the (,'liluos., ate still with ns. But the I'l'iiuoycr 'hioiu did not din. About the time the nultutors tailed the political conventions begnu to aaaemulr, and the crowd who n few weeks before wero intent on driving the opium smok ing infidels from the stnte, now aptenred as delegates from the vnrioua wards and precincts and were hurrahing "Pin nawyei's tho mnu.'' "Wait till he's governor, and then tho bloody Chinese 'ell go." This entniiftitittra nnd to the nomination of Hon. T, It, Cornelius, who, although on honex! nnd good nmn, was oertninly no match for Sylvester on the stump, elected linn govoruor. Hovers! other oironmstnnne also oomhined in Governor I'eiinoyer's fuvor, one of the most important being the Cornelius Powers feud which ctlliuinuled in a shooting nffniy In front of the Esmond hotel one Fourth of July night. Nolwithetiiudmg all these oirouraaluu oes Governor rennoyer bus been o good otlkior, nnd that he bus the oouQdence of the people of the state wns shown in bis re-oloction this year, dufeuting Hon. D. P. Thompson, one of the foremost nnd best known mon In Oregon, ngidiifit whom the only thing that could be said was that he was a bunker. Governor Pennoyer is u olour and formula writer, and nt one time edited the Oregon Herald, published in the seventies, in Portland. Later he went into the saw mill and lumber business whore he bns afnsHsed a handsome fortune. WASHINGTON'S dOVlSIINQM. , Elislm P, Ferry, first govornor of the State of Washington, like Oregon's chief exeoutivc, owes his magistracy ot that young but very vigorous nnd healthy commonwealth somewhat to chance, Mr. Ferry hud sorved a torm as territorial govornor by appointment, and then set tled down in Scuttle to pi notice law, Home of his friends induced him to again become a candidate and he made a fight nt the primaries, but wns beaten by on opposition in favor of J. It. Kinnenr, who captured tho King county delegation, At the convention, bower, Pierce coun ty, who bad Sprague in view tor United States Beqntor, started for Ferry for gov ernor, sud after i itubboro fight he wsa' DiimiuaUid by s very olort vole. - I Governor Ferry I of t very nervous temperament, sud u probably lbs most Inveterats tobacco ohewer on tb Pacific Coast. After hi election h tu tu dered reception, sud few abort ad dream' went being mads pieparatory to th Introduction ot tb gtivarnor. At length h I bought bis turn bad eotns and hastily rising b put bl hand tip and threw away hi favorite "cud." .lis was a little ahead of titu, and tlit chairman of the meeting said, "wait a ttinuta, plea, governor." Almost mechanically hi band sought bl pocket and forth cam a paper of tloldnn Thread," and taking s generon chsw the governor settled back lu bl ebalr to await bl tarn. While bs was territorial governor, In on of bis re port ha wrote a sentence that read, "snow ana lea wer almost uukuown in Washington." Of course everybody know that report are made to Oungra to as to b ready for lb December era- sion. Tba report am printed and gen really make their appearance among the people about th next Bummer. That winter, though, th public printer wa particularly expeditious, and along about Chrbtmaa, when there was about all feet of now on top ot everything, lb people of Washington began to receive their re- porta, with tb usual Congressional frank up lu on eornar. Tben fur a month Ut was a dreary wast to the goveruor, Ev ery man he met bad received a report and they saluted him with, "Ibwey. gov. amor. Fine weather, ain't It? Ulad wa don't have any snow and Ic out bare." But this wa all forgotten, and to-day the governor laugh when b think of bi "snow and ice" report. Governor Ferry la una of th beat, If uot tb beat constitutional lawyer in tb Stale ut Washington, aud when ba write a veto message, which is geuerally on technical ground, the member of tb legislature know that the oourU will prob ably sustain bia objoctioua. Lately there ha been eom talk of the governor aa a possible senatorial candi date, but Mr. Ferry thinks ba ba bad bouors enough, It ba an ample foi tuna, aud baa said that when ki larm ei pica, b will retire from official lif ami will settle down and enjoy bimseif with bis family. Duriug th recent special session of lb legislature of Washington, Governor Fer ry allowed nnmitakably that b did not like to be disturbed after b bad goo to bed. It was at th time the census bu reau was to aeud ont tb peciel census returns, by which tb new apportionment of the slat was to b made. Of conn the uewepaper correspondent were on the watch f ir tb new wbfcfe wa to pome iu the form of a special message to Ihe governor. One afternoon a corres pondent of a Portland paper received an liitmintiou that they were coming that night. He aaid nothing, bnt called on Governor Ferry and received peraiwsion for the telegraph office to "drop" tb me. sag at Portland, About 11 o'clock that night the eorreepoudenl of a Seattle pa per received a "rash" message from Iba managing editor of bi paper, that tb oensu wa coming and to sue the govern or aud get bis const-ut to allow tbe Beat- tie paper lo use it. Here was a dilemma. The reporter got a carriage and drove to the governor's bouse, and briefly elated his meeaage, "Certainly," said th gov ernor, aud Ihe delighted newspaper man drove back to tbe telegraph office and told tb operator to "drop" all census matter at Seattle. The operator looked at bun a moment and then flatly refused unlets he brought an order signed by lb governor. Iter was more trouble. II knew if he roused the goveruor again, aud it was now 1 o'clock, there would be a Meene, but be bad to risk it, so back he went. And sure euoiigh ther waa a acene. Toe governor uaa lust actiieu back into bis nap, when he waa again awakened, and lie stormed around for a while, Ibe unfortunate victim of bis wrnlb waiting until tbe Hist blow ot the storm as over. Finally he got the signature, and Hew back to the telegraph office and deposited his written order, but by this time it was too late to haudle the matter aud the Seattle psper was forced to go to press without the much desired Hguree. CHARCR J. ClllllHTl. COUNTY t'OIIKT. Stouffwr J. PHOHATS, In the mutter of the estate ot Delinh Suver; M, M. Stiver appointed adminis trator In the matter ot C, J. Cooper estate; boudsmen to Do discharged wbeu re ceipts are filed. Petition for sale of real property of Halp Poppletou; aet for hearing Jan unry 8,lH9t. Petition presented for final settlement of Goo. Fairgrieve estate, aud January 6, 1801 set tor bearing. In the matter of the eslute of J, E. Smith; aitntion ordered iseuod to bens and time sot tor heating final settlement January 0th. COM M1HH10N 11(8 COURT. ' liri,LH AMiOWHD. Douiflity .1 Hnydur -I 35 AO I) HIifiMirrt, lumber... tan Wullur Ilonco, lumber H W ('tutu, llltu-k, lumbiir. ... U ri Tl, nutter, nurvcylng... SOU Imn Hymn, labor , .... . I w Jim Savage, ooyote mlp S Oil Mr 0 Ollwon, bom-dlng canity charge. US 86 F Murphy, enyote walp 8 Ou Finn Wlndmir, repairing lirlilne . ....... 24 no lM Mn,eomn fur .luck Iturim iW ui lilt ISvttiw, kwiplng county iiliurge.... ai (l J K Si-urn, lunilwr ill lu A K Wllmm, stationary 16 sn H V Mcl,nn,ih, M-rvlonii SI in Hyerlny llnw, lumber 1M 09 J 1, HtitgH, llralnr-.. . ft u) t.ne W mi ll, Hume....... S On 1) H Hyde, aamn II (10 A Luin'r, cord wood 8 6o O (1 lllnalium, dimrlut atlomoy ft (Hi W h Wella, ervl( Htl ft M llluilgut, nantcr Miulp 6 On J II Teal, bridge rvpalm.. 8flo 17 1'riWMiU a Voimmii, luijilier v.. ! -m Hj iiopiili at "IIU Flcntlng Idal," i OiiAi-TKit l-Hy W. II, Ilullou.-Henry Hen Hbn.ll, a yuung artlHt, while traveling In a par. lor car, mon (Ally Hkotahtw thepononnol oi bin ktual wife. To hi iwtnnlnlmiont he aeea bin IJeul reflo('tcit In the mirror, alio being one ofa party of four onUNUMng of an old man, proHUmiibly her father, a governon aud a man of villainous countenance. Ho mnke.1 a ketch of the party. During the night tho girl plays entranclngly ou her vlulln, Ho determines to make her acquaintance, bat upon nrUlng In tho morning he finds that the train has been In the Grand Central depot some hours, and that the party of four hna disappeared, A team belonging' to H. Hoskins, of Lucklamnte, from Some unknown cause got frightened down on Main street and at once to-jk a bee line down 0 street, and after running some 400 yards strud died a telegraph pole, broke the wagon tongue, emusbed a wheel and injured on ot the horses, No person hurt The opera bouse is going to be lighted by eirctrloity, BRIEF "MENTION. ChMiibetta'a father I dind, Rio da Janeiro is under mlllUrv pa trol. ' King Kalakua ha arrived at Kan Fran olsoo. . Gaa wells at Stockton flow 10,000 feet dally. Charks Marvin, the English author, Is dead. The International copyright has been passed by tb bouse. Tbe Northern California citrus fair will opea at MarysvUle Jan 18, 1801. Tillmac.. Um AUIano governor of Donw Carolina, baa been Inaugurated. Senator Stanford emphatically de clare that be la not s candidal for pres ident, A blast furaaca at Jollet, III., caved In and sight men were killed and three in lured. Senator Stewart ba introduced a bill for the free and unlimited coinage of elivur, Senator Stanford's famous stallion, Electoneer, ta dead. He waa valued at 10O,0W. Dr. Jedediah H. Baxter, surgeon gen ralofth army, died of paralysis at Washington, Th First regiment of Infantry, sta tioned at Angel Island, ba gon to tb Indian country. Renrelcb Derghaua, the eminent Ger man geopraphnr, died at Berlin, Us was born in 177. Professor Russell Crittenden of Yale college Is experimenting with Dr. Koch's lymph at New Haven. Secretary Noble la after pension attor neys, M aay they are getting rich at th axpena of tb aoldlera. Quay of Pennsylvania has Introduced a bill In the senata which tnomaea dis ability pension M par cent. Dr. Koch's patient ar much annoyed by th frequent Investigation of physi cians at all hours of day and night. A package ooutaiulng several thousand dollar of cypress niatur waa stolen from the Baltimore and Ohio depot at Zanea vllle,0. Tb Rittenhouse Manufacturing com pany of Passaic. N, J., woolen cloths, has failed for 1 ,000,000, It employed W0 people. Rev. E. C Boat, th Methodist minis tt and prohibition leader of Ottawa, Kan., ha been fined for carrying con cealed weapons. Surgeon William A. Wheeler of tb marine hospital and his wife wer ser iously slashed with a raaor In the baud of a negro burglar. Parnell la still fighting for his position. A Nationalist onmmltto has been ap pointed to wait upon Gladstone with a propoaiUon to compromise. , Joanph B. Abbott, confidential clerk for II. W. Sago & Co., lumber dealers at Albany, N. Y., committed eulclda. Ab bott wa a defaulter to the amount of fMO.OOO. Right Hon. Sir Barnea Peacock, eg queen's oonnael, la dead. He was SO year of age and one of England's ablest lawyers. H had held many important poisitiona, A fir In the workhoua at Newcastle-on-Tyn In the women's dormitory, which waa crowded with women and children, caused a panto and six Uvea were lost. The secretary of th treasury ha sent to tli bonse a reqneat for the Immediate appropriation of 1100,000 for th par chase of beef and other provision for the Sioui Indiana. Llent Col. W. Hop of th British army, who has been Investigating Amer lcn naval ordnance, has returned to England. He declares that the Ameri can guns are the flneat In existence. Attorney General Miller, In his annual report, say that vigilant effort bar been made to enforce the Cbineae exclu sion law and It ia believed that meet at tempt to cross th border have been frustrated Gn. Mile sent Buffalo Bill to arrest Sitting Bull, bnt the order wa counter manded from Washington. Th Indian philosopher connected with the Indian bureau feared that Bill would fill the old warrior full of lead and precipitate an outbreak. The reports of the crop correspondents of the Illinois State Board or Agricul ture show that the Heeaian fly has been discovered in tbe fields of nearly, if not all the counties where winter wheat Is grown, The extent of damage already done Is not known. Htnlciit of Oxford college, London, enjoyed a big lark and some of them got their walking paper. They inasqner aded In surplice, the leader dressed aa a bishop, and compelled freshmen to wor ship at mock services in their nightshirt. For tu sacrament whisky and biscuit ware need. Secretary Proctor haa presented a novel plan for preventing Indian trouble In the future. He propoaea the increasa of the maximum strength of the array to its former quota ot S0,000 men of all arms, If this is done he will enlist two full reg iment ot Indians, all for the full term of three years and all to be treated in every respect like the white soldiers. The Intercontinental Railway Com mission, composed of representatives from the United States and other Amer ican republics, met at Washington and organised. The commission's object Is to supervise the survey.for a line to con nect the railway ftystems of North and South America. Blaine culled the meet ing to order and made a brief address of welcome. A. J. Causa tt of the United States was chosen president. The National Farmers Alliance is in session at Ocala, Fin. They received the National Colored Alliance In a body, and fratenal greetings were exchanged. (Jen. Rice of Kansas drew np a call to all the industrial onions in the United States which favor the principles of the St. Louis convention to meet in Cincin nati Feb. Si), to consider the formation of a third party, A resolution denounc ing the federal elections bill was passed. Jo Cobnrn, the 'pugilist, (lied at New York of consumption, The German government has officially recognised the republlo of Brazil. Great excitement prevails at Samp son's Hill, Intl., over the discovery of gold. - The French chamber of deputies hits rejected a proposal for the abolition of the match monopoly. John S. Clomo, of Wayne county, Pa., was frozen to death wliile driving from Honesdole to Aldendale. Balfour's Irish relief Mil, in which he asks for f5,000 for seed potatoes, has passed the committe stage in the com mons, , Countoss Theresa Badlni has been sen tenced to sixteen years' imprisonment at Trieste for the murder of her 14-year-old tep daughter, A parcel containing 750,000 franos from an English bank was stolen be tween Ostein! and Antwerp, on its way to Amsterdam, The imperial council of India has un der consideration a measure to prohibit men over 50 years of age from marrying girls under 13 years. Dclamater's bank at Moadville, Pa., has failed. George W. Delamater, the defeated candidate for governor, was st the head of the bank, n JJ CT.vACOR Come and sec our new goods, just arried, consisting of Carv ing Sets, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Shears, Scissors and Razors, all warranted. Wildwood Axes, X-cut Saws, and the American Wash ing Machine sold on trial. GOODMAN & DOUTY. Tl.s Jermr Ml." AKUI.RKKA (MtTAUB, I II., Jul t tlenllxinen! Altlm' It I very iiint.iml ftir me In ns any Inllims or lii. ill, In an swer t,yur reiiusi,l have tried Wisdom Violet (!main and Itolwrtliie, 1 lie former 1 consider eaiHWIally flli-lus lu ces of rtrtisliiiwM, "film ma. and I have lieen uti It every ily for llie ll rorinticlil. I v f, .mid the Kobertlne an i, iil prtr. atton In we of ten, utiliurn, ete. reused by es unsure to Wan-h wind and July sun, . Vintw faliliftilly, I.IM.IK l.AKtSV. Ta Messrs, WUdutn Co. How's Tills f W orTer One Hundred IViileni rewerd ft,i sny reterrh the! MUilliH be cured by lekln Hall's Catarrh Core, K.J7CIIKNKY Co., I'ropr. Tokilo, O. We the umieralaned, Uaveanuwa KJ, lieney the hut liycem.and believe him l'lly lion nri,t In il biisliiiM tmnsiu-llons and ntian elally able ui rairry out any obllalliis nmdt by their Arm. ... w-r A I ia-il. Wtwi eM e UruuiUt: Toledo. O, Wauiinu, Kia Marvin, WIjuIw. sale ItrUMUM, Ttiletio.il, Hull's tVuisth cure k taken Internally, aeun dlrwily up-m the blmnt and niunms snrrm-. of the syslem. TeeltirwntaJs ent free, Prtee, 7e. f bottle, rait ny an ur-jii. . umeUilii fur the Sum Tear. The wurld reiiowni-d suM of Hwletler'a Mi.,m.-li Ultlen.ana int-ireoniiiiueu poimnu- iiv rr.i mini ui niTmurv u au,iitttri,ie Is srani'ly more wandertul tlmn the welonni thai areete Ihe annual appeai-anee of lltxlet. ters Almanae. This valimhle medn-al ireaU Is I imbtuhed by The limietict l.,m oi.y, fiiiaburv I'il. uiulnr Ih.-lr own Immediate suiwrvuioii, lmiloyli,glti hand lu that de. purlniriil. The aremnnlM eJenil tl tnonihs In Ihe year ou tbl workjiiid the liieot miiw . ihu, vtil I ,,,m, tliuti ,ao inlllliiikML orlnt- ed III Ihe Kimo-li, Uermnn, rreni-n. ei-n, Norwellan,Hwe4lBb.Hnllafti Itoheinlnu, ana Hnl-h li,irig,, uen-r to r,y oi n ir vslueble end Intenwiin r-illiK oiui-ermn hBlih. uiul uunierotM l.llui'iMi.i to the eltb-wy ot lliaiiellenMiotiini h Holers, anmw nteoi, arieti Hii,rit,ii, w.,roo,wi (fell be dependent on for -,ir,inu. The Al- N, Attar p,r ll een oe oomurn in ,tv. Iruin drumiil and fenrrnt country dealer lu all uaru.uf th euuntry. Wore than Leproay Is catarrh, and there is one but one pre paration that dwi oure initi aiseaae, ana that is tbe California l'ueitive and Nck Hv Kieclrio Liniment, Hold by all druKiiiata. It also onrea neural, ia, rheumatum. headache, sprain, burns and all pun. Try It and tell your netfthbor where to vet it " Tad It Bator Brakfait The (real atpetlsnr, tunic and liver revulator. in use for more man ou yeer in r.(iu. dwlllve wine S,r Hvi-r oulalnl, liil iiuia In the mouth un arlslni ly the niomlua. dull pln lu Ihe head and bark of the eye, tired frellni, dOilne. tanmiur ym,toiii of llvr nintnlellil. nenieiiy ir. itentey r.n llab lhindellon Tonle. Helieve t-t,sllHiilou, sharrii Ihe r,x!lle and tones up me entire system, (lei 111 genuine frotu your Uruml.l Hrl.aud tukearoordm to dlnn,ilons. DR. ABORN ! now t postlano, oataoH. (OB THOIta WHO CANNOT POSH! BIT fiU ttA aojiiLLT, no tiunin flacko wmi- lit TBI MUCH Of SLt THAT WILL M1TK I!r8TAJtTAMlim KKLIKr AND A PKRaANKNT t'lllUC, The most speedy, oositlve and perma nent cure for Catarrh of the Head, Asthma, and all Throat, Brouchial, Lung, Heart, Stomach, Liver aud Kidney Affections, Nervous Debility, etc. Consumption, ia lta various stages, permanently cured. Da. Aborn'S ordinal mode of treatment and his medicated inhalations eives in stantaneous relief, builds up and revital izes the whole constitution and system, thereby prolougiuK life. Weak, nervous, debilitated ami broken-down constitu tions, old and young, invariably gain from ten to thirty pound in from thirty to ninety days. Dr. Aborn's phenomenal skill and mar velous cures have created the greatest astonishment on the Pacific Coast and throughout the American continent, dun ing the past twenty-five years. Asthma, Catarrh of the Head, and nil Throat, Bron chial and I.uiig trouble 'nstantly relieved, and Deafness often cured permanently at first consultation. Dr. Aborn's essay on the "Curability of Consumption," end a treatise on "Catarrh of the Head," with evidences of some extraordinary cures, mailed free. Call or address DR. ABORN, Fearth and Horrtxnn SIh., Portland, Orfgca, Nora. Horns treutimmt, securely packed, sent by preu to nil prt ot Iht IVitiu Coast, for those whi casnot possibly call lit person. all INVITED TO CALl fOR FREE CONSULTATION ASK FOR IT! THE SELF-THREADING LDfliD In It ar com bined th An- st mechanic al skill, the most uaaful and practical elements, and all known ad vantages that mska a sew ing machine desirable to sell or use. ELDREDCE MFC. CO. FaotOTj and WhoUaola Office, Bslvldare, III 995 Wabtuh Avt Chicago, $ Avail Strut, yte for. i r "1 5 o ir rJr IT: T UY lTIWK.STIStl HKU WITH A Wl FOR A X-MAS PRESENT ! W.O.Cook VoseMwr lo A. i. Whttwksr.) -HALM IX FURNITURE PARLOR AND BEDROOM PETS, POFAfl, AND BED UTTNflE8, Hat Racks, Rocking and Easy Chair, in Pin, Maple, Ash or Walnut. Also, Woven Wire Mattreswea, Coil Spring! Wool and Hair Mattreeeea. CARPETS CON8ISTIKO OP TlTO and Threa I'ly Wool, Tapestry Iiruaaells aud Aimlnister. Also, Oil Cloth and China Matting. Wall Paper FROM PUIN WTCHEH Will PIPER UP Also the Heaviest and Richest Gold Fin Ishcd Parlor Pair. Well selected assortment of Fresco Paper (or Ceiling and Walla. Picture Frames HADE TO OKDEll From Natural Wood or Rich and Heavy Pressed Gold. Framed Engraving and Paintings tor 81. Main Street, Independence, Bat, B and 0 Street. BEAMER & CRAVEN, IH-nli-m In INBSjniLlDlB, All kinds of Harness and Saddlery Goods. Carriage Triming and repairing. SPECIAL BARGAINS. Curry Combs, throe bars, 5 vents. Hruwlie-s, 10 cents. Complete set of Team Harness, moo. I. A. MILLER, DSSMt IK MARBLE a GRANITE Monuments nd Headstones of All Styles Ftn.t-Class Work and Prices 20 per cent, lower than any other shop In the state. SHOP COR. MONMOUTH UNO R. R. STS. iNDKFINDtNCa, OltEQOH, EliO SoMlill Illll wer. that urentcst of Novelists, and he neve spoke more trulv. anil lir miiilir have added with equal force, that merit ll till. .4Mnrk nt U.l 1. - n lauuui I , Robertine is the synonym of merit, and a m.o.v,, ia BuuTas, iuc magical el fects of tins preparation have been stteat ed bv thousands of tl,i U.lmn f society and the stage. It is the only arti- al And Beautiful tint fn tlm at the same time removing all rotiRhnesi ui utc nice ana arms ana leaving the skin soft, smooth and velvety. It has lonp been thoattiriv nt r-1, ..,,. A dce an article that while it would bea njy tne complexion would also have the merit of being harmless, but these two important qualities were never brought together until combined in WISDOM'S ROBETIflH. C1.EAK YOnrt FACE. It has been heretofore shown la those columns that modem medi cine baa demonstrated that a pim ply akin la not the result ot bloo disuses, hut ts MllBMl 1,V IntMlwl digestion, tor which they now lrs Ytgoisuie correctives instead oi Dot al h and mineral blood purifiers, Two short teatt monlsli sre here given te contrast theaotloa ot the potash aanaparlllaa and Joy's Vegetable 9a aaparllla. lira. 0, B. Stuart ot 1221 Mission street, S. T wrltea that she took on ot the leading isri- parlllaa (or indigestion and dyspepala, lta only effect was to cause pimples to appear on her tao. Upon taking Joy's Vegetable Raraaparllla th ant eoect was th disappearauo ot th pim ples and she was subsequently relieved oi hei luillgestlon and dyspepala. Robert Stewart alts writes from PoUlums, Cal., that being troubled with holla he found that one el the leading aaraapa- miss actually lnoreaaed th eran- tloni, which responded at once to Joy's Vegetable larseparllla and disappeared almost Immediately. I Cook OT I THE SIfJIB-:-IO-:-LII mm (msH.vA r ... MANVFACrrKKD. Can uraduat I he of whwl as hw as It irtikH twr nilnul In lm wiaii. ' am only IS airtr-reoi ptw In lb e-ntlre eonstrue llun of Um Iron worfc. Our Mill euituil b etiualtrd arlmiHcliy. jxiwer and uveniluf (trluctptM. We n,uuf, tiir Tanks, Pumps, Wind Mill Supplies Of evrry description. Kllhle iwrai wanted In tinuccupled lerrlbiry. Addrnw, F. 1$. STEARXS&OO., Ku-hville, lud., l.T. 8. A. ai-uil for tm(l'i(U. THE J- Willamette Real Estate Co, Of Independence, Oregon. Transacts a general Real Estate Basin buys and sells Property, affect Insurance and doc a general Conveyance Business, Parties having Lands for sale will Cal It to their advantage to jim iiiuiii liivi limit ) With thta Company, as thy ar dally sending lists or land east, um piae ing desirable property bebr the real dents of the East JAMES GIBSON, J. W. KIRZLAND, President, Secretary. G. W. SHINN, Hqubb, Sign & Drnamanfil Paper Hanging, Graining, Frescoing, Etc, Paint rooms opposite Johnson1 Stables, Independence, Oregon. BEAD And be Convinced. 72 Steel tooth iron barrow, '20. 5 and 7 tooth cultivators. The best horse shoeing. The best in Iron Steel or Wood -AT- E. i Kegel's. Best price paid for Old Iron and Castings. Main St,. Indtie ndeiice. w